Show FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Instruction and Entertainment for Boys and Girls THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA The Famous Tower Erected in the Twelfth Century Cen-tury and Reaching a Heicht of One Hundred and EIhty Feet rim ono of tho oldest as well as most beautiful beau-tiful cities of Italy is ever an object of interest in-terest to sightseers for it contains some notable nota-ble specimens of architecture in addition to its natural attractions Among its eighty churches tho most worthy of notice is the cathedral or Duomo begun in IOCS and completed com-pleted in 1118 with its noble dome supported by seventyfour pillars and its fino painting and decorative windows = = 1EA5IKO TOWER OF PISA Near this cathedral stands the round marble mar-ble belfry known us tho leaning tower of Pisa from tho fact that it deviates about fourteen feet from the perpendicular This celebrated building which is ISO feet in height consists of seven stories divided by rows of columns and surmounted by a flat roof and an open gallery commanding a fine view of the surrounding country It was erected during the twelfth century by the German architect Wilheim of Innsbruck The popular belief is that this tower was not designed to present a startling appearance but that its deviation from the perpendicular Is duo to the settling of its foundation No fear is apprehended of tho tower falling however as a line dropped from the center of the top will fall inside the base and therefore there-fore it obeys tho law of tho center of gravity and so preserves its balance |